Traffic guide button



Dec. 28 1926. 1,612,245

, c. B. WHITMORE TRAFFIC GUIDE BUTTON Filed August 16. 1926 ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 2 8, 1926.

' UNITED STATES CLYDE B. WEITMORE, OF'GALENA, IIjLINoIs.

TRAFFIC GUIDE BUTTON.

Application filed August 16, 1926. Serial No. 129,544.

a traffic guide button which is durable in,

construction, and which provides a brilliant surface.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which may be readily applied to a street irrespective of the material of which the street isconstructed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which is inexpensive to manufacture.

A further object of my invention is to provide a (evice of the type described by means of which words, such as Stop and various other traffic indications may be formed by the use of a plurality of buttons.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the buttons as applied to a street to form the word Stop,

Figure 2 is a plan view of'a lurality of buttons as forming a traflic gui c,

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the device as being applied to a street.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of the device when secured in place, and

Figure 5 is a bottom plan View of the device.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a head portion 1 and an integral neck 2 which are constructed of a very durable ma-' disposed adjacent the peripheral edge of the head portion. An aluminum plate 6 is disposed upon the head 1, the outer edge of the plate being bent downwardly and inwardly and crimped-over the bead 5, as clearly shown in Figure 4.

The neck 2 is provided with a core 7, the walls thereof extending outwardly to the lower end of the neck and to a point substantially adjacent the outer wall of the neck. The neck 2 is further provided with cutaway portions forming prongs 8 which come to points at the lower end :of the neck.2

In applying the device to a street, holes are first bored for receiving the greater part of the neck 2. VVhen the neck is placed. within the hole, the head portion 2 is a slight distance above the surface of the street, see Figure The head and neck are then forced downwardly by any suitable means until the surface 3 is adjacent to the surface of the street. During this movement, the prongs 8 are forced outwardly, thus rigidly securing the head 1 and the neck 2 in place. The tapering inner surfaces of the prongs cause the prongs to bend outwardly instead of inwardly.

I claim:

1.. A device of the type described comprising a head portion having an annular bead adjacent the peripheral edge thereof,

a plate disposed upon said head portion, the outer port'iomof said plate being bent inwardly around said bead, said 'plate maintaining a brilliant surface irrespective of the wear thereon, and means for securing said head portion and said plate adjacent to the surface of a street.

2. A "device of the type describedcomprising a head portion having an annular bead adjacent the peripheral edge. thereof. aplate disposed upon said head portion, the outer portion of said plate being bent inwardly around said bead, said plate main; taining a brilliant surface irrespective of the wear thereon, means for securing said head portion and said plate adjacent to the surface ofa street, said means comprising a neck integral with said head portion, and prongs integral with said neck and being adapted to extend outwardly when said head and said neck are moved downwardly.

CLYDE B. WHITMORE. 

